The politics of international assessments: The IAASTD process, reception and significance

Journal of Agrarian Change

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 144-169

  Feldman, Shelley ^a   Biggs, Stephen ^b  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agricultural policy; IAASTD; Normative science; Social and ecological sustainability; Social inequality

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL POLICY; FOOD SECURITY; POLICY ANALYSIS; POLICY APPROACH; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 83455247237     PISSN: 14710358     EISSN: 14710366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0366.2011.00333.x     Document Type: Article

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